Visuals 10.

Paradigm.

The beginning of the end was when as a species, we decided to make this beautiful earth adapt to us, instead of we adapting to it. 

Let that sink in for a second. 

Visuals 9.

Memo.

I am so out of touch with everything. 

Ok. Stop reading now. 

No. Read on, please. (I put this after writing the next paragraphs.)

My field of vision has narrowed, until everything is seen as a soft blur. 

My heart hangs heavy most of the time. 

I still don't know why. 

My emotions were my only asset when i was young. 

I would act on impulse. I would take advantage of them until i became cold and callous. 

This led me to my own exile more than once in life. 

It is (or was) a constant battle. I have no choice but to participate in life, so i may feel sane and to have purpose. 

I have been known to give all of my heart to the things i loved in the past, and have reaped it's rewards, and have been crippled by it's defeat. 

I have refined many things in my life and i am looking forward to the next phase of my life by teaching what i know, instead of making it up as i went along. 

I guess that was the answer i was looking for. 

And

that's

it. 

 

Cascade.

First pooped out of my head a few days ago. Edited for redundancies on 7/10.

Well, my open minded friends: i crossed a line on thursday, one that i never thought i would.

I ate at Chick-Fil-A. 

Yes, the bad place with the mean CEO who does not agree on any other marriage outside of a man and woman. 

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4980682

Which i personally believe to be wrong. 

So, why did i support their cause?

The simple answer is: i didn't. 

I wanted a chicken sandwich. I also had a Dr Pepper to wash it down. I also noticed they served Hienz ketchup, sugar in the raw, had idaho potatoes.Things i use almost daily. My point is that i'll bet there are TONS of companies employees that share this outdated view of marriage, 

so what impact does one person on this world really have on this matter.

I am not being defeatist. I think i am being realistic. 

Also, there is a fact that this company decided to run a tax generating business in this state, which supports the gay marriage and LGBT community at large. 

So, basically: this state (Ma.) supports gay marriage, Chick-Fil-A pays taxes in this state, presto: they support gay marriage!!!!

Hahahaha!

 

If i wanted to really boycott their decision and not lay down my $8.50 for really good food- served by nice people. 

If i can note:i would basically have to avoid a few other things in my life to compensate for the owner's families disagreement on what is pretty much a point they are losing on every time another state allows fay marriage. 

We want there to be an even field of play, we want there to be a black and white good or bad rank and file of what's right. 

I support gays, gay marriage and LGBT rights unconditionally. 

I know what it's like to be an outcast and how hard it is to get anyone to listen to me. 

I try to respect others and their differences from myself, as it broaden and does not detract from the living experience. 

By eating and a restaurant in our great and accepting commonwealth- the most  astute  and educated state in the country-i am not giving in to some monster but in my opinion am reaching across a long and divided table, to break bread and to try to show those who oppose, that we are really the same at the end. 

I don't know. I just hope i don't come across here as ignorant or simplifying the work and sacrifice those who want equality have put so much into. 

I hate the divisions in our society.  This country has so much to be happy for, and i'd hate to blemish those who strive for that, but i also strive for that understanding as well.  

So, go there. Eat the food and know your tax dollars are being used to promote marriage equality. 

Listen.

Give me your tired, your poor, 

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, 

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. 

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: 

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

Emma Lazarus